Browse Items (2652 total)

This afternoon the top trending hashtag on Twitter is #MasculinitySoFragile. Much of it is funny and ironic, so is this a teachable moment? Is this an opportunity for digital scholars to ask new questions or offer alterative ideas? Is this just a…

We discuss how to move the family studies field and the teaching of family theories from covering the "facts" that LGBT-parent families exist to a critical conversation that incorporates conceptual tools, language, and theoretical insights from queer…

Beginning Monday, Feb 1 join the JFTR Discussion of the intergenerational transmission of family violence with Erika Smith-Marek and colleagues in "Effects of Childhood Experiences of Family Violence on Adult Partner Violence: A MetaAnalytic…

The Journal of Family Theory & Review invites you to join the JFTR Blog on Feb 1-3, 2016 to discuss the intergenerational transmission of family violence based on the work of Erika Smith-Marek and colleagues in "Effects of Childhood Experiences…

I believe it is important to address the challenges of teaching theory in a way that is inclusive of LGBT-parent families. ...For that reason I invited April Few-Demo, Áine Humble, Melissa Curran, and Sally Lloyd to write a reflexive article about…

Feminist efforts will remain incomplete unless feminist family scholars resist the dynamics of a neoliberal landscape and engage in effective social justice projects with the goal of betterment of all people.

We find it troubling that, after years of feminist contributions to the field of family studies, so many scholars may feel that they are "feminist frauds. Why do we continue to ask ourselves whether our work is "feminist enough?